​Mr. Ross Schwalm spoke to the Williamsburg Chapter during a meeting at the Colonial Heritage Club on August 14.  His topic was “The Amphibious Assault on Long Island August 1776” and focused on the German Auxiliary units, the Hessians, one of which was his Third Great Grandfather, Johannes Schwalm.  Schwalm is the current president of the Colonel William Grayson Chapter and he is a retired US Marine Corps Artillery Officer.  

​Chapter President Roger Cross, left, is shown presenting Ross Schwalm, right, with a Certificate of Appreciation and a Jefferson Cup.

​Roger Cross, President of the Williamsburg Chapter, left, presented a National Society Certificate of Appreciation and Medal to Compatriot Ronald Adolphi, right, during a meeting at Colonial Heritage Club on August 14.  The awards were on behalf of the NSSAR Eagle Scout Committee for outstanding support of the Arthur M. and Berdena King Eagle Scout Fund.

​Mr. Bill Willliamson spoke to the Williamsburg Chapter at the Colonial Heritage Club on July 10..  His topic was “The Old Guard,” the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, which is the oldest active-duty unit in the Army serving our nation since 1784.  It is the Army’s official ceremonial unit and escort to the president.  The Old Guard specialty platoons discussed were: Caisson, Continental Color Guard, Fife and Drum Corps, Presidential Salute Battery, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and U.S. Army Drill Team.  Williamson attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served 27 years in a number of high level command assignments including the 3rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer, VA.  

​Williamsburg Chapter Vice President Stephen McGuffin, left, is pictured presenting Williamson with a Certificate of Appreciation and a Jefferson Cup.

​On July 10 the Williamsburg Chapter met at the Colonial Heritage Clubhouse and its President Roger Cross presided at an induction ceremony for Paul Pyle and Thomas Reese.  Cross, 

​L to R, is shown presenting SAR Membership Certificates to Pyle and Reese.

     William Clarke was a free black man who served in the Continental Army from the earliest days of the war until the end.  In a ceremony this Saturday the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter placed a brass SAR Patriot Marker in Madden Cemetery where it is believed that William Clarke was buried.  This cemetery, near Culpeper, is on land that was owned by Willis Madden, his son-in-law the husband of his daughter, Kitty..
     Virginia SAR President Jeff Thomas, four other Virginia SAR chapters (Fairfax Resolves, George Mason, Col James Wood II, and Col William Grayson), one DAR Chapter, the Governor of the Virginia OFPA, and descendants of William Clarke joined the Culpeper Minutemen in the ceremony.  Culpeper Minutemen President Charles Jameson was the master of ceremonies and Virginia SAR Color Guard Commander Ken Bonner commanded the Color Guard.  William Madden, a William Clarke descendant, unveiled the marker.
     After the ceremony participants were treated to BBQ at the home of William Madden courtesy of Charles and Michele Jameson.

All pictures below courtesy of Doug Graves

​Eagle Scouts were recognized by the Williamsburg Chapter at a Court of Honor of Troop 103 held at United Methodist Church (Jamestown Road) on July 8, 2021.  Certificates by the National Society and scholarship applications were presented by chapter member Bruce Laubach. 
Bruce Laubach is a past president of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (ancestor Gov. Thomas Nelson Jr.) and an Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 103

​Pictured, from the left, holding their certificates are Eagle Scouts Kourage Craig, Ethan Wunibald, and Isaac Scruggs with Laubach 2nd from left.

​Pictured, from the left, holding their certificates are Eagle Scouts Phelan Daum, Jordan Eriksen, Mason Shipp, David Grappe, Camden Masuoka, and Anders Becerra with Stewart in the center. Photo by:  Dan Reeves

​Eagle Scouts were recognized by the Williamsburg Chapter at a Court of Honor of Troop 103 held at United Methodist Church (Jamestown Road) on June 12, 2021.  Certificates by the National Society and scholarship applications were presented by Harley Stewart, chapter chairman of Eagle Scout Recognitions and Scholarships.  

​Mr. Ed Ayres, a historian of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation since 1988, spoke to the Williamsburg Chapter at the Colonial Heritage Club on June 12.  His topic was “How the French Helped Win Our Independence.”  Ayres has been a research historian at Southside Historical sites of William and Mary and an associate historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  Williamsburg Chapter President Roger Cross, left, is presenting a Certificate of Appreciation and a Jefferson Cup to Ayres, on right.
 
Photo by:  Dave Westenberger